"I have worked for 12 years in the fish business and know it inside
out."

How to get to the meeting place:

Taxis are almost the only transportation at the time of the tour. Lawson
and Jonathan's are good landmarks. The words 'convenience stores' and 'family
restaurants' are already Japanese terms and the taxis have them in their
car navigation systems. Tell the taxi driver "Jonathan's," then
"Tsukiji Yon (4)-chome."--Word of caution: You BETTER NOT use the word "Tsukiji" first.
Always say "JONATHAN'S" first. Said the opposite, the taxi drivers
frequently drop our clients at the wrong spot. They stop at the reception
spot beside the Kachidoki-bashi Bridge Gate for a Tokyo Metropolitan Government
tuna auction observation. A lot of tourists go there, so when the word
"TSUKIJI" is heard, the taxis almost automatically take the tourists
there without thinking further.

Description of the tour (This is a very rough description. The courses
and times would change depending on the conditions at the Market):

3:00 Meet at meeting place
3:10 Walk around jogai-shijo (outer market)
3:15 Visit Namiyoke Shrine
3:20 - 3:40 Pass by the preparation stages of three different tuna auctions
(Please note that stopping to watch or to take photos is impossible here.
We can only literally, by-pass)
3:50 Take a look at the grand view of the entire market from a roof top
of a tall building.3:50 am to 4:10 Stroll around the middlemen store area.
4:20 Walk the fuzokusho (annexed merchants') area.
4:30 Walk through the vegetables and fruits site.
4:40 Walk the former railway platform where fresh fish are displayed.
4:50 Watch the living fish site.
5:05 Hopefully, watch a uni (sea urchin roe) auction.
5:15 Disband at fuzokusho area.

YOU CANNOT WATCH TUNA AUCTIONS ON MY TOUR

A big concern of some people who plan to take my tour is if they could
watch the tuna auctions. I regret to say that they can't. I only take you
to watch the preparation stages for the auctions of the three different
tuna auction sites. The only ways to watch the tuna auctions these days
are by sneak-peeping when the guards aren't looking, or to stand in line
for the TMG tuna auction observation and get a space. The TMG's observation
and my tour is a choice between the two. You can't take both at the same
time.What you can see at the TMG tuna auction observation (pdf)

Tour fee:

7500 yen per person. Please pay in cash.

Notice:

Professional photographers can't participate on our tour, please.
Snap shots are okay, but moving around and taking shots freely and too
loose isn't nice. It disturbs the workers and the business, and places
me at risk not to be able to continue my tour.

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How to make a reservation on our tour:

Choose when you have a tour from the dates in blue in the calender above.

Send an email to 'BZQ23303@nifty.ne.jp'-Naoto Nakamura-to book your tour.
Send the email at least 3 days before your tour. We don't accept last-moment
reservations.

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